The other day I got my band removed because of erosion and my doctor did some lipo while I was under. I was just wondering what after care advice other people were given.

Of course I follow my doctors orders but all doctors are different so I think it is good to hear others experiences and what they did after having some lipo.

Hi:

You may want to post your question on makemeheal.com There are alot more plastic surgery patients there.

Personally, when I had my tummy tuck I had some lipo too. I had to wear a compression garment for a long time. I'm pretty sure that is standard practice with a tummy tuck, not sure about with just lipo. When my surgeon did the lipo she did it in the mons area too and that part was very painful for a couple of weeks.

Hope all is well with you.

Sue

Hi:

You may want to post your question on makemeheal.com There are alot more plastic surgery patients there.

Personally, when I had my tummy tuck I had some lipo too. I had to wear a compression garment for a long time. I'm pretty sure that is standard practice with a tummy tuck, not sure about with just lipo. When my surgeon did the lipo she did it in the mons area too and that part was very painful for a couple of weeks.

Hope all is well with you.

Sue

thanks for the website. I am going to check it out. How long is a long time?

Hi:

I had to wear the compression garment 24/7 for the first 4 to 6 weeks and then at night only for up to 3 months. That's what I'm remembering, but I could be mistaken. It's kind of surprising that I preferred having the tight fitting compression garments on for the first 3 months because then nothing would jiggle around and it was less painful by being bound up.

Good luck!

Sue

Do you know what caused your band erosion? What were your symptoms?

Ellen

ellen if you check out my blog there are more details to how the erosion was found. its really a long story

What on earth is a bariatric surgeon doing lipo for?

well this doesnt really help with what I asked about. My doctor has a plastic surgery team that works with his patients for things like tummy tucks etc. It is great because if I do have a tummy tuck he would be there to make sure the port and tubing etc is placed right.

Oh, OK. I know it was off topic, but I was a bit gobsmacked by it.